“We owe our existence to innovation. Our species exists thanks to four ...” — Gary Hamel Quote

We owe our existence to innovation. Our species exists thanks to four billion years of genetic innovation.

The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only are employees disenfranchised from most policy decisions, they lack even the power to rebel against egocentric and tyrannical supervisors.

A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.

The biggest barriers to strategic renewal are almost always top management's unexamined beliefs.

At Unilever, we operate in 190 countries with two billion people using our products daily. We take climate seriously because we know that it impacts those two billion people - and that means it impacts us, too.

By 2013, we had 200 million people using 'Instagram' every month and over 20 billion photos stored.

Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.

You have 1 billion people using the Internet with 200 million of those now using broadband internet connections, so the Internet has become a powerful network. It can carry calls.

It's a bit ridiculous to have people who have two years of experience handling an $83 billion budget.